Vigils
by Sassoon, Siegfried
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, navy blue boards, gilt spine titling (some fading at edges); text block firm, pages untrimmed an
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1935. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, navy blue boards, gilt spine titling (some fading at edges); text block firm, pages untrimmed and unmarked. Only occasional foxing. . 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Sassoon's collection of poems published in 1935 and dedicated to his wife Hester, whom he had married in 1933. ""In using the word 'vigils' Sassoon conjured up the image of the silent, careful watcher of unfolding events."" (Roberts, p.255)
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132181
- Title
- Vigils
- Author
- Sassoon, Siegfried
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, navy blue boards, gilt spine titling (some fading at edges); text block firm, pages untrimmed an
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Pages
- 36
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, poetry, war poets, Sassoon, Georgian poets
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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